Re: [Leica] Re: A Fair Report.. Off Topic?

[Carl Socolow <csocolow@microserve.net>]

At 01:28 AM 12/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Bob,
>
>I wouldn't exactly call that polaroid packing snap shooter a
>photographer either. --Bill Atchison
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Bill,
>
>Technically, he is a photographer. He was also making a contribution to
>society by serving the fair goers, memorializing their lives at that moment. 
>
>Of course, he was not a portraitist in the fine art sense of the term. His
>were not definitive interpretations a trained and experienced photographic
>artist would attain. He did not print. He used no subtle lighting. He didn't
>get to know his subjects well. He was more a casual companion than a creative
>personality. 
>
>Yet he was true to photography. He was there. He had a film camera. He used
>it with some competence. And he had a pleased public. As I observed him, he
>didn't merely press a shutter release. He used very good equipment. He tried
>within the limitations of the prevailing environment and his own knowhow to
>get the best possible results with his materials for his clients. They
>understood that. He and I understood that. In those little folders, those
>prints were taken home to become memories made tangible, to grow ever more
>valuable with time.
>
>Even when photography canters, it covers hallowed ground. We, here on
>PhotoForum, talk about it as it soars. But let's not forget the foot
>soldiers.
>
>Bob   
>
>

LUG,

Is this being CCed to everyone on LUG? Why don't I see anything referring
to it being off topic? Why should I care? Why, if it is being CCed to LUG,
is it being cross-posted at all? 

Carl S.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."
Francois Villon.